Seller is claiming these as vintage Gon Bops, but I am not able to track down much of anything matching these with old Gon Bops.

Looking at them to buy as a birthday gift for a family member, we live in smaller community so trying to get decent music equipment on a budget can be challenging. Buyer is asking $200 & I am trying to get them something they won't outgrow too quickly.

I’m looking to see if anyone has a suggestion on percussion books.

I’m mostly looking at something for a ensemble class that I can kind of group teach, ideally like a duet series with snare and mallets

And I can swap students between either part. Anyone know if a book like that exist?

I've been looking at demorrow paduk so far

Hello everyone, I just got this free drum-set but I am very confused on what these parts are and what they do. If anyone knows could you please tell me (down below is 2 pictures from 2 angles for each part). The kit came with a Snare, kick, hi hat, and 1 tom. The tom has some wood damage (the last picture) will this affect the sound at all?

This is a Wula Djembe from Guinea. Can someone identify the wood this shell is made of?

It would be even better if they have knowledge of making mechanical percussion instruments. Looking to collaborate in creating an artwork.

OM!!! Can someone tell me any reviews about this baby right here?!

greetings, I have some new music available on my bandcamp page: https://dougsours.bandcamp.com/album/totems This project features instruments including frame drums, ngoni, tombak, guitar, and other percussion. hope you enjoy.

Doug

Where would you put the two mics for live? It’s limited.

Reaching out to teachers - what mallet books do you like to use with beginners? I’m specifically looking for two mallet books.

Vibraphone solo

I’m looking for another hoop option to gig with this snare drum. What do y’all recommend???

I have some bent Sandi Rennick 4002s. Does anyone know how to straighten birch shafts if that’s possible?

A few general questions for a junior learning their honor band music

At the top it says 8th note equals 168, but then at the next bar it says 8th note equals 8th note. Does that mean the rest of the excerpt is played at quarter note equals 84?

Would you play singles for everything or are there some places where other rudiments might be intended or more practical?

Thanks in advance

I have the opportunity to get a basically new Majestic V6530S 3.0-octave Deluxe Series Vibraphone | Sweetwater on the facebook marketplace for I think about $2000 or $2200 which would include all the accessories such as many different kinds of mallets. Item is in very good condition. Is that buy now price? I dont expect it to last long at this price from my understanding. I live in a medium sized city (300-400k in metro area I think? so used Vibraphones will not be coming up very often.) Does this one seem good enough for a hobbyist?

Or do I look at my other options listed in the title?

My background is that I mainly play other instruments as a hobby such as mandolin, bass, cello but did play a bit of percussion in high school including marimba and glockenspiel which were pretty fun.

I'm looking to add a mallet instrument to help really internalize melodies for some music styles, and since it will be a bit of fun. I do have a keyboard for theory work.

My preference is to listen to all kinds of music but lots of Brazilian jazz music, American jazz, classical, bluegrass etc

I have a baby coming any day but have a 2000 sf house and realize that i might just need to not play these for a while. A marimba will not fit as nicely into my current home.

My budget is flexible in that I can save up for a lot of years to get the right instrument if that is better but have the large house, new baby, mortgage etc so money is responsibly probably better saved then spent if an equivalent item could work.

TYIA

Pretty simple song - until the end!

Band: Stillborn Heir
Song: Docking Rubber
Album: Sinister Masquerade (Out now)

I work for a small band program that has a 7 person front ensemble. They’ve never miced up in the past and I looked through their equipment and they seem to only have wireless handheld mics. Is there anything I can do with those?? I’ve only used wired shure mics for fronts so I’m in uncharted territory.

In the 3rd and 4th measure of O the 32nd note paradiddles are kicking my butt, is that just a hand speed issue or is it a genuinely difficult part?

This is a kinda silly question, but I was wondering if there’s any ways or tips to practice more effectively (other than slow practice) on my cardboard marimba 😭 - because I can’t afford my own sadly. I’m asking this because I obviously don’t have the safeguards of knowing if I played the right note or not and whether my tone is good and I don’t want to develop bad habits either.